Canada Hits US Goods With Retaliatory Tariffs After 50% Levy on $20 Billion
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Updated · Maryland Matters · Sep 27
Canada Hits US Goods With Retaliatory Tariffs After 50% Levy on $20 Billion
3 articles · Updated · Maryland Matters · Sep 27
Summary
Dollar-for-dollar Canadian tariffs now target a range of U.S. goods after Washington imposed a 50% tariff on $20 billion of Canadian products when trade talks collapsed in late August.
Maryland is exposed because Canada bought $2.2 billion of the state's goods in 2025 and supplied $2.8 billion of its imports, making it Maryland's top export market and fourth-largest import source.
Aluminum is the biggest pressure point: Maryland imported more than $400 million from Canada last year, and the Port of Baltimore handled 160,500 tons valued above $400 million.
Some engine parts and farm equipment face Canada's retaliation, though Maryland's top export to Canada—$221 million in tractors—does not appear on the published tariff list.
At Baltimore's port, labor leaders say auto imports have felt tariffs most, while container traffic is up slightly and construction and farm equipment volumes have recovered to near pre-bridge-collapse levels.